TOWSON – On Thursday, May 5, America’s next great filmmakers – all of them still in high school – walked the red carpet at the historic Senator Theatre for the first public screenings of their short films.

By the end of the evening, the Inaugural BCPS Film Expo awarded prizes to 22 films noteworthy for their artistic intent and narrative quality, audio and image clarity and composition, editing, and graphics.

All of the honored filmmakers received prize packages, based on their standing, from event sponsors. The Best in Show winner received a trophy, a blue ray player from Washington Professional Services, and $600 toward a summer portfolio prep class at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) from the Education Foundation of BCPS. First place honorees received trophies; choice of a Wacom Graphic Tablet or Multi-lens Olloclip smartphone attachment and two tickets to the Maryland Film Festival. Second place honorees won trophies, $50 Service Photo gift cards, and tickets to the American Visionary Art Museum. Those in third place received trophies, two tickets to Landmark Theaters, and a bag of art supplies from Blick. Those recognized as honorable mentions earned award certificates, tickets to the Senator Theater, and gift cards to Clark Burger.

Primary event sponsors were The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools and the BCPS Office of Curriculum and Instruction.